Daniel
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Suburban Philadelphia (Wayne)
I looked at this big tulip poplar last week... Growing through the deck... another company wanted 7 K to remove that and the oak behind it (leaning towards the house). Tulip leans a little to the house too, and looks like it was topped a long time ago... probably 110-120' tall (I should get a rangefinder)...
Other company was going to get a crane involved.. driveway is steep and they'll need to cut another $1,000 tree just to make the corner and have access ... My idea is to drop the big ulip in the woods... only opening in the canopy is not quite 45 degrees... off the deck, so in order to throw it past the deck it's going to need to travel a lot of feet forward off the stump which I could cut 10-25 above the deck... To make matters even more challenging, they are working on the septic system below the deck and I would need to build a bridge to make sure the tulip but doesn't land on top of the tank...
I was thinking of trying to spin the trunk counter clockwise as to falls hoping that spin off to the side away from the deck and some forward movement is enough to clear the deck.... I've also got another idea for how to get the butt to move sideways during the fall.. wondering what you would suggest...
I haven't even put a bid in and was stand-offish with the client. The job is a little far from my usual area and a steep driveway over 400' to the house... I'd really like to put a bid in to just drop everything in the woods and walk.. that last one spoiled me.. CLient is dumping a ton of $ into the house and he would like to save some $ on the trees..
That's going to be a lot of mass to get moving forward (and sideways) enough to clear the deck.. I'll have to stand on a ladder to make the cut as my feet can't handle the hooks anymore, which complicates things a good deal, especially for cutting a whizzy (which I don't really understand how to do yet) or some sort of angled notch (side step or ramp in the humboldt ).. I'll have to experiment with the cut on another tree or two before going for this ne... this one could be fun!!!
Other company was going to get a crane involved.. driveway is steep and they'll need to cut another $1,000 tree just to make the corner and have access ... My idea is to drop the big ulip in the woods... only opening in the canopy is not quite 45 degrees... off the deck, so in order to throw it past the deck it's going to need to travel a lot of feet forward off the stump which I could cut 10-25 above the deck... To make matters even more challenging, they are working on the septic system below the deck and I would need to build a bridge to make sure the tulip but doesn't land on top of the tank...
I was thinking of trying to spin the trunk counter clockwise as to falls hoping that spin off to the side away from the deck and some forward movement is enough to clear the deck.... I've also got another idea for how to get the butt to move sideways during the fall.. wondering what you would suggest...
I haven't even put a bid in and was stand-offish with the client. The job is a little far from my usual area and a steep driveway over 400' to the house... I'd really like to put a bid in to just drop everything in the woods and walk.. that last one spoiled me.. CLient is dumping a ton of $ into the house and he would like to save some $ on the trees..
That's going to be a lot of mass to get moving forward (and sideways) enough to clear the deck.. I'll have to stand on a ladder to make the cut as my feet can't handle the hooks anymore, which complicates things a good deal, especially for cutting a whizzy (which I don't really understand how to do yet) or some sort of angled notch (side step or ramp in the humboldt ).. I'll have to experiment with the cut on another tree or two before going for this ne... this one could be fun!!!
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